Malayalee House
| Malayalee House | |
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Intertitle of Malayalee House, season 1
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| Genre | Entertainment |
| Presented by | Revathi |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| No. of episodes | 85 |
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| Original network | Surya TV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 5 May – 30 August 2013 |
Malayalee House was a South Indian Malayalam reality TV show which was telecast on Surya TV. The South Indian Malayalam edition of Big Brother, the first season started airing on 5 May 2013 and ended on 30 August 2013. Revathi was the host for the show. Rahul Easwar was declared the winner of the first season. Sindhu Joy was declared first runner up and Thinkal Bhal second runner up.
Malayalee House is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "residents") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, residents nominate one among them for eviction, and the resident who receives the most nominations has to leave the house. The residents in Malayalee House are famous personalities in their respective fields. All the rooms in Malayalee House are locked in the beginning of the show. A room will be opened when a contestant gets evicted. The room to be opened after an eviction will be decided by the contestants through voting.
The Malayalee House is built exclusively for the show at a film studio in Hyderabad owned by actor Nagarjuna. The house is traditional, well-furnished and equipped, but all the rooms remain closed in the beginning of the show. The open area at the center of the house (Nadumuttam) is the center place for all Malayalee house activities. There is a kitchen, prayer room, and several bedrooms in the house. The house has no TV connection, no phones, and no Internet connection or clocks. Residents are overseen by 30 close circuit cameras 24x7. The house is installed with LCD displays/speakers through which instructions are given to the contestants. The cameras are hidden behind mirrors. The contestants have named all the cameras and the main camera is called "Kanthaari".
The show consists of 16 'residents' who live together with the main intention of creating a show out of the space and time provided to them. The lack of hard and fast rules facilitate an atmosphere of anarchy to make the show interesting to watch. The residents must evict the most unlikeable participant, from the option given to them by the Anchor, based on the rules set by the Anchor (these are done by moderators inter-alia considering the ratings and the response from viewers). Each contestant is compelled to pull others legs to survive. The rules for the contestants have never been told to the audience because of strict confidentiality. However, there are basic rules, such as they are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the fouse, or violate the law of the land. They cannot leave the premises unless they are evicted or due to special reasons (e.g. medical). Some of the contestants may be 'planted' or 'guests'. The audience is made to keep guessing as to who is acting, fake, or original, to make the show interesting.
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